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(No Model) G. V. MONTGOMERY.

CARRIAGE BOW.

No. 407,959. Patented July 30, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE Y. MONTGOMERY, OF AMSTERDAM, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TOAPPLETON S. BRIDGESS.A

CARRIAG E-BOW.

SPECIFICATION forming' part 0f Letters Patent NO. 407,959, dated. July30, 1889.

Application filed March l, 1889. Serial No. 301,721. (No model.)

T0 a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE V. MONT- GOMERY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at the city of Amsterdam, in the county of Montgomery,in the State of New York, have invented a new and useful Carriage- Bow,of which the following is a specification.

My invention'relates to carriage-bows; and it consists in theconstruction and combination of parts herein described and claimed; andmy objects are to construct a carriage-bow that will be strong anddurable and cheaply made, and one that is susceptible of a very highpolish, and which will present an attractive appearance and be verylight. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of one ofthe bows with part in section and showing the metal part extended allthe way round the carriage-bow. Fig. 2 isa front elevation of one of thebows with part of the bow in section and showing the metal portionextended part of the length of the bows. Fig. 3 is a front elevation ofone of the bows made entirely of compressed paper.

A in the drawings is a carriage-bow made of compressed paper orpaper-pulp compressed in the shape of a carriage-bow, and having theexposed or upright parts highly polished. The bow may be made wholly ofcompressed paper, or it may be re-enforced by a metal ycenter runningthe wholelength of the bow, as seen in Fig. 1, or it may be made with ame- 'tallic eye embedded in the compressed paperpulp at the ends of thebow. This compressed paper can be vulcanized, if desired; but it is notnecessary, as the compressed paper alone will .be sufficiently compactto polish without being vulcanized.

B is a metal piece bent in the shape of a carriage-bow, and is providedat each end with eyes or lugs C, with which to attach the bows to thevehicle or to each other. This eye may be made in the .compressed paper,as seen in Fig. 2, or it may be made of a metallic piece embedded in theend of the compressed paper-bow. Then the center metallic piece B isused, the'paper part is compressed around it, and its object is tostrengthen and re-enforce the paper-bow. Thus I have acarriage-bow whichis cl1eaply made, is durable and susceptible of a very high polish, andis much lighter and easier to handle than other bows. The exposed orupright parts may be the exposed or upright parts can be highly 6opolished.

As I form the entire bow of paper-pulp and not the slats alone, as hasheretofore been done, which are connected to wooden bows to which thecover is nailed, it is essential where nails are used that the upperface of the bow to which the cover is nailed should not be so compactlypressed as those portions which are exposed and to which a high polishis given, as before stated.

I do not claim a carriage-bow slat consisting of a metal core and atapered covering of compressed paper-pulp or a tapered core in thecarriage-bow slat, as shown and claimed in Patent No. 366,511, datedJuly 12, 1887, as mine is entirely different in construction. Theinvention is a carriage-bow, and instead of the metallic center or corebeing tapered to prevent the compressed paper from slipping off andbeing confined to the slat alone, 8o

the metallic center passes all the way around the bow, and is of thesame thickness from end to end, thus enabling me to use an'ordinary rod,instead ofbeing compelled to have it made tapering, above cited. I donot use a Slat-iron at all, nor do I use a shoulder on the core to keepthe end of the covering protected, but my metallic center runs all theway round the as shown in the patent bow; and I do not claim a bow-Slatat all, 9o

but an entire carriage-bow, which is much cheaper and more perfect byreason of the uprights, and the bow part being made in one piece insteadof in separate pieces.

Now, what I claim, and for which I ask Lctters Patent, is-

1. As an article of manufacture, a carriage-bow composed wholly ofcompressed paper-pulp, substantially as described.

2. A carriage-bow composed of an outer surface of paper-pulp, having itsends and expsed portions compressed to a high de` gree to receive apolish, and its upper uneXposed surface of a less degree of compactness,for the purpose described.

GEORGE V. MONTGOMERY..

Vitnesses J. V. Brees, CHARLES RoWE.

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